Bendigo 2021 - CANCELLED

Kris and I drove up to Bendigo on Thursday afternoon. We hotfooted it out of the city at 3 o'clock, knowing the announcements hadn't been made yet, and rumours of a lockdown were circulating - and those rumours are almost always deliberate leaks, warnings of a sort. We were hoping if it was a lockdown it would only be Melbourne. At 5pm they announced a five day, Victoria wide hard lockdown.

We were heart broken for all the people involved in the show, already set up and ready to sell their beautiful wares. Kris and I decided to stay, and since the rules were that you could "shelter in place" that what we did. On the Thursday night, before lockdown started we went to dinner with Nat.

On Friday I slept in (the bed in the cottage we stayed in is SO COMFORTABLE). We went out to get supplies and then sat around chatting, reading, drinking tea and wine, and knitting. We both did some online shopping from the cancelled vendors, and I'll be catching you up on those as they arrive.

Saturday was my ideal day (except for the cancelled show, of course) We went for a run, and then I had a bath.

More sitting and relaxing followed. There were platters of delicious food. I'm reading a very good book (What's Left Unsaid by Emily Bleeker full review on Wednesday), and the cottage has a fake fireplace that kept us warm and cosy.

It wasn't the weekend we planned for. It wasn't the weekend I thought we were going to have, but I've start stay tuned for updates!

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